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ACS CAN works to make cancer a national priority. Specifically, it advocates for better access to care, cancer prevention and early detection programs, cancer research funding, regulation of tobacco by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, better quality of life for cancer patients, and attempts to raise awareness of and reduce cancer ...
Andrew W. Mellon Foundation United States: New York City: $6.2 billion 1969 [18] 33 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation United States: Chicago: $6 billion 1970 [18] 34 Robert Bosch Foundation Germany: Stuttgart: $6 billion €5.3 billion 1964 [36] 35 Children's Investment Fund Foundation United Kingdom: London: $5.9 billion £5.2 ...
The creation of the Foundation for a Smoke-Free World was met with skepticism by the medical community. The World Health Organization, [4] [5] Union for International Cancer Control, [19] the American Cancer Society, [20] Vital Strategies [21] and other health organisations announced that they would not work with the Foundation, and encouraged governments and the public health community to ...
Pages in category "Cancer charities in the United States" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The gregarious, energetic, and ingenious Goodyear cheerfully accepted Hoover's orders to do anything necessary to get the coal moving. Employing his native charm and his authority to provide or withhold food shipments, he calmed strikes and opened borders. At one point, he got Hoover to send him $25,000 worth of tobacco to distribute among miners.
The organization offers grants for basic, translational and clinical research in pancreatic cancer to scientists and clinicians at various career levels. [ 14 ] PanCAN has awarded 174 grants to 170 scientists at 64 institutions with a cumulative projected research investment close to $104 million from 2003 to date, inclusive of their Research ...
Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) was a U.S. national nonprofit organization, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Its stated purpose was to promote lung cancer awareness, reduce lung cancer mortality and end the stigma associated with lung cancer. In 2019, LCA merged with the Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation to form the GO2 Foundation for Lung ...
Truth Initiative was founded in 1999 as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The MSA was announced in 1998, resolving the lawsuits brought by 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and five territories against the major U.S. cigarette companies, to recover state Medicaid and other costs from caring for sick smokers.